Answering Questions

Which is the best way to answer this question?

Question: Where did you go?

Answer: I go to school.
Answer: I went to school.

The correct answer is I went to school. We must use this answer because the question uses the past tense, did. Our response has to use the past tense too i.e. I went.

What's the Question?

Let's reverse the process. Which question best fits this answer?

Response: Yes, I am.

Question: Are you Russian?
Question: Can you speak Russian?

The correct question is "Are you Russian?" because am and are are both present tense forms of to be.

Here are ten answers, choose which question is the best match:

• 1 - No, they don't.
  
  Does your brother smoke?
  Can they help me?
  Do your parents live in London?
  
  
• 2 - We met at 10pm.
  
  What time did you meet?
  Did you meet him?
  What time shall we meet?
  
  
• 3 - It's awful!
  
  What do you think about broccoli?
  What did you think about broccoli?
  Did you like broccoli?
  
  
• 4 - Last year.
  
  When will you be in London?
  When were you in London?
  What do you like about London?
  
  
• 5 - Yes, they were.
  
  Did they go?
  Were they friendly?
  Are they interested?
  
  
• 6 - No, I'm not.
  
  Can you play guitar?
  Do you work here?
  Are you bored?
  
  
• 7 - I haven't.
  
  Are you talking to me?
  Do you ever go fishing?
  Have you ever seen a ghost?
  
  
• 8 - Since last year.
  
  How old is this building?
  How long have you known her?
  When did you meet her?
  
  
• 9 - Yes, I am.
  
  Are you enjoying it?
  Did you call me?
  Do you like sushi?
  
  
• 10 - I'll be in university.
  
  Where will you be this time next year?
  Where were you?
  Are you going to university?